The veil and Muslim women's identity: Cultural pressures and resistance to stereotyping

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-541

  Wagner, Wolfgang ^a   Sen, Ragini ^b   Permanadeli, Risa ^c   Howarth, Caroline S ^d  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b Centre for Policy Research   (India)

^c Centre of Social Representations Studies   (Indonesia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female veil; identity; majority; minority; Muslims; prejudice; resistance; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871267515     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X12456713     Document Type: Article

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